The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-01-20
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.

LltlOgTdpHlc stone ana Dlack mar
Bile are found in Walker county.
]. NJ. Lovelace, of Rome, is the
father of twenty children.
The Rome postoffice has changed
hands Mr.. Burnett retiring and
Mr.. VIII II. Adkins taking charge.
1t is said that one gentleman left
Columbus within the past two DAYS
with $4,000 to invest in Decatur,
Ala.
Fourteen Of the forty-four horses
owned by the Athens Street Car
Company died OF CHAMBERS, and it is
thought most of those yet alive will
die.
The city council of Gainesville
has fixed the license Tor selling L.
quors by drug stores al $500. There
are no barrooms in the city, but nine
have been licensed in the county
GOV. Gordon has offered reward
Of $50 for the arrest, with evidence
sufficient to convict, of the land
sharks who have gobbled up millions
Of acres Of the land OF the South
Georgiaus.
W. II. llackett, of Atlanta, is in
Rome, on his way to his manganese
mine ten miles from that city, on the
Rome and Carrolton railroad. He
is now working about twenty hands,
and later on he expects to ship forty
and fifty tons per day.
Israel Jonas, a few months ago,
purchased for Mr.. Fahy, of Rome,
five acres Of ground in a Birming-
ham suburb for $1,000. Mr.. Fahy
now receives a letter from a real es-
tate agent asking to be allowed to
put it on the market for $4,000.
At Athens the creditors of the
John W. Nicholson estate have de-
cided to take the Pioneer paper mill,
restock it and begin again the manu-
facture Of paper. This mill has been
closed down about a year. 1t is
equipped with wood-pulp machinery,
and makes very fine grade of paper.
Little Joe Guyton, son of Mrs.
Carrie Guyton, of Dublin, was the
victim of quite a serious accident
last week. A heavy gate fell upon
him, lnllicting u severe scalp wound
and badly wrenchiug one arm.
Gainesville Eagle: John L. Dyer
Of the Glade district, this county,
while engaged with his brother, MIR.
VIM. Dyer, in chopping fire wood,
not far from his house, suddenly
threw his hands to his breast, groan-
ed and dropped dead. Heart disease,
Of course.
llartwell Sun: We are reliably in
formed that it was the intention of
the men who lynched Sanders, the
murderer OF the Swilling family in
Franklin county, to cremate him, and
! that rails had been gathered to burn
HIM with, but a physician having
purchased Sanders body from him
sell while in jail, in Difference to the
claims Of the physician they decided
not to burn his property.
j. W. Talley, prosperous young
farmer living near Propville, in Car
roll county, committed suicide Wed
nesday morning by hanging himself
to a joist in his buggy house. Do
nestle trouble is the cause assigned
for the rash act. lie was considered
10y his nelghbors to have been out OF
his mind ;or several days before his
suicide.
Rome Courier; That a furnace
will be built in Rome shortly there
Scannot be the slightest doubt. 1t is
possible that we will have two and
perhaps three. We know of three
different companies having this pur-
pose in view, but are at liberty to
mention only one. The one we
speak of is to be built on the grounds
Of the Rome and Decatur railroad by
a syndicate of New York and home
people. This will be done, we are
told, as soon as the above road is
ready to haul the material.
Not thousand years ago a gem
tleman from a distant city wedde a
fair daughter Of Athens. He had
been considered by his friends as a
confirmed bachelor until he fell a
victim to the charms of this fair maid.
lie was also noted for his absent
mndedness. This was displayed
when the minister was performing
the marriage ceremony. When it
became his duty to place the ring on
her finger he drew silver quarter
FROM his pocket and handed it to the
bride. 10 the CONSERVATION and con
fusion Of all parties. That afternoon
when he embarked on the train with
his br.dc ior a tour, and the conduc-
tor came around tor tickets, the
groom found that he had bought on
II enc ticket, forgetting that he had
doubled his expenses and response